head to head
vs
Beyond Good & EvilvsRaw Danger!
Beyond Good & Evil leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Raw Danger! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Beyond Good & EvilRaw Danger!
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Beyond Good & Evil leans harder on execution: Light combat, stealth timing, and hovercraft racing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Raw Danger! leans harder on variance: Collapses and outcomes are unknown on a blind playthrough
Optimization6 vs 6
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.